AEP objects to release of records

Digging into an American Electric Power proposal to increase its rates,
Dispatch reporter Dan Gearino filed a public records request for documents the company
sent to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

AEP and others now are lobbying the PUCO to retroactively declare the documents confidential to
shield what the utility claims are trade secrets.

Opinions on
The Dispatch's records request are divided, with AEP and others believing the documents
should be secret and some saying the records are public and not exempt from release.